Monday, March 16, 2015

The other "ACS": Abdominal Compartment Syndrome!


Hi, This week I have a podcast on ACS --> Abdominal Compartment Syndrome!

As Emergency Physicians we should be familiar with issues requiring the ED/ICU care. And now, Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) leading to abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) are increasingly recognised in the ICU, often associated with abdominal trauma and in patients requiring fluid resuscitation, such as those with septic shock, major abdominal surgery, burns, bowel obstruction, ascites, etc. ACS is the progression to end-organ dysfunction if IAH is not recognised and treated. 

Lets listen to the podcast to find out some more details, Check out the show notes too!


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